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THE . ..p •-•- ' , = k,s• .4) , ° .. .. .. , . , ! ' '.•. , . , . ~ . ' , . r . . , ' t . I ,i. • , • 4 I • ' •.: 1 • `;'‘.. .. ' ' .' • j S U . , 1!"-itc4It'.'. - . ' . . •4. i , . 2, , • . . , .• . rn NUNILER 51201] / ~' t~ ' .±* THURSDA Y, EE,BRUARY 16, 1 8 !,) [PRICE SIXPENCE• ' SECOND NIGHT. ORATORIOS. .THEAT.RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TO-MORROW EVENING, Feb. 17, 1809, will be performed the First Ad of THE CREATION, Composed by Ur. IIAYUN. With Two Grind tvIICELLAN EOUS ACTS, In which will be introduced " England's King and England's G lory," " Gentle Airs," and, for the first time, Purcell's ceienrated Cantata of " Saul and the Witch of Endor," by Braham. '• Angels, ever bright and fair," by Mrs. VAugliaii. Kent's tavourite Anthem," Hear my prayer," by Mrs. Bland-and Master Dourouset. " Farewell ye lim pid springs," and " The Soldier tir'd," by Mrs. Dickoni. Several Grand Chorusses never performed. To conclude with the Coronation Anthem " God save the P rinc i pal Performers, Mrs. DICKONS, Mrs. BLAND, Signora GRIGLI vrTi, Master DOUROUSET, And Mrs: VAUGHAN ; Mr. BRAHAM, Mr. GOSS, Mr. PYNE, Mr. TAYLF.R, And Mr. BELLAMY. Leader of the band, Mr. ASHLEY. t)r„;.in, Mr. j. ASHLEY. The I. " ll3 U'der or rlie BMW. and the Chorusses (which will or:numerous and complete), by the most approved Per . farmers. .assisted by it l e Choristers of Hi s M a j est y' s Ch a pel R o yal, . god Sr. Tent's Cathedral. In consequence of the great ove.rtiow from the Pit, the Thcatr.cal Orchestra will m future be added to it. Places tOr thy Boxes to be Laken of Mr. Brandon, at the 13 ox-Utlice i .in the Haymarket. Doors to be opened at Six 'and begin at Seven: Box 6s. Pit is'. 6d. driller as. ripper Gallery ts.-- I WI- price at Nine o'Clcclt. (P" Corsea ISc*ks of the Performance to be had in the Theater only. price ad. those sold in the streets are spurious sed imperf,bct. I. 1C1LL,44.4,.ca4.1 . 4(...6, Feb. 6, i SO9, • THE COMMISMONERSforkICTUALLING His 414,YNSTI's NAP) do hereby give Notice, That on Friday, the 471 b instant, they wilLI he ready to receive 7 endtri, in writing sealed up), and treat for what Hogshe:id Kilderkin, Firkin, Long ami Short Pink, and Stuut HAZEL WOOD HOOPS, (answerable to Samples to he pro. 112 cf , t With the finder-1, may be waniel f.r the Service of this Vepartmeni, fr the eisuiv Iseelve Malys. to be delivered tut fits Majesty's Vitlualling Storer at l)epiford ; and to bj said for by Bills, payable, with interest, ninety days after 'date. The Clonfiliew the Contract may be seen at the Seg r etasy's qth No lfgard will be bad to any Tender in which the Price shalt b e in.eried in words at length, or wilt shall not be, delivered to the Board before (Me, o'Clock on the said Friday, the 17th itmant, nor unless the Person who makes the Tender, or some }'orlon on his behalf, attends, to answer, when called f.r. VICTUALLING.C4TIC4, Feb. 9. txr9. TRE COIIIMISSIONERSfor I , ICTWILLING J ll, 11.14.7&STi's N/11/ Y do hereby give A'atlte, Tb,st 0, Friday, the 241 b instant, they will be ready to re. teive Tenders, in writing (sealed al , ), and treat for the s u pply o f what VEGETABLES shall be demanded fir the use of Ills -iNY's Ships and Perish at Yas mouth, in the Countyof Norfolk, tke space of Twelve Montarfrom the 24th of April next, to brp.+td •b y 11111, payable, with balms!, ninety days after thee, The Conditi o ns of the Contrails may be flea at the Secretary's Vice. .t tblt ji at by applying to Mr. john Walter, at nt4446. • notihoerfgard will he had to ally Tender in uhleizthe Price thud ~,.o i d a , s ers,d in words at leng th , or that shall ma be delivered to I .: ,l4 li nit d n, b r eco n re Ont o'Cloei an the said Friday, th e 2,44.1 1,,040n Lit less the Person who make: the Trader, or some ( behalf, attends, to ass I 4 , 7 ; Ta, .ff . • Y IC: rudidiric;.(lFFlCß, • Feb. to, 189. THE COMMISSIONERS jorIICTUALLING HIS MAJESTY', NAV Y do hereb y g ive Notice, That 4,,rr Friday next, th e 17th they will be ready r, r•cefve Ten-, olers,..in K ( staled u p), and treat for Two Hundred and fill}, Bags ot EN list' HOPS, of the growth ot the 1 40;:ar One Thmisantt Eight Hundr e d and Eight ; to be annolrable loSanspi es robe produced with th e T en d ers ; to be deliver e d ire th e , spa ce of erre the Starer at I'ortsmout4 and Ply* apromib, in 'the joiksub.gploperrion.t. Portsmouth 13Ks. tse klymuutk toe e 2 S O ptd to he paid for by Bile's, pay,:b:e, with interest, ninety dew afar dat e , The C'onditiolt of the Contr OE7 may be seen at the Secretary's Office. No regard will be had to any Tender Its which the Price shall not be hurtled in loceeds at length, or that; shall not be delivered to ibt Board he/cre Or. e o'Clock o' the said ' , ridgy, the 17th 01 t '"l'off . , nor umbra the Person w h o ma k es the fendet,. or tome percent an A,i, brbal atiemir, anslorr, , rvbert tailed I',P. (.4,1.1CL: 1.. TWE. P.R.INCIP.- lof L OFFICERS HIS MA }, N ... YESTY'r ORDNANCE do he,eby gi ve Notice, That iuposals Will be received at their Office, in Pall 111411; 'on or before F r id ay t h e 17t h Day of , Peoru.s t y fr o m such ',m Persons as ybe willing t o un d tria i e Ike .yupp I.ou RS and ()) LS, for service of this Thpartment, font pe riod of three ye.irs Samples of the A; tie.ter may 'be viewed upon application at the Prineipal'4toreheeper's Office be the Tower, where kosher par. tic:dart, tcogetber u.iiL the Terms and Conditions ot 144.i:on:tam, may be , knosum,, and also at the Seeretar,y's Opiee, in Pall Aral, aforesaid; any do, between'the hoar: al ten and Four o'Cloeb, whire bbe Proposal' must be delivered, sealed up, rind frniarSid, " Proposals Joe Colours ' or for oiLs,.. as l b e c ,„ be, t oo no Proposal can be admitted qtrs . the said sythd.iy of Feb - . at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the same day, ne;ther 'will any Tender be noticed, unless the ,Pariy nuking It, or. an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. _• _ By Order t) ai Board, R. H. CREIV, Secrets;ty. • GRAND LOTTERY. ------. PEE C' of ONE THOUSAND WHOLE TicKLTS IN: Flat Day, 'Numbers as follow 3,00 t . to - 3,100 • 4,50 t - to . 4,600 s,oot to . s,too 6 5 5" to 6,600 • _• ? t oot . to . 7q, too b s s o s to 146a9 9,001 - to 9. to* la s so . to - 30,603 -to 11,000 15,501 . to . 13.6.30 A a FREE GIFT of FIVE HUN DRED WHOLE CK. EIS to the First.dtawn above fp. the Second Day, Nusubcfs as follow: 13001 . to . *3,100 14 , 501 r to • t 4,4500 moot • to . 15,100 16,501 • to • 16,600 17,00 tO • 17.100 The above Tickets may gain the whole of the following CAPITAL PRIZES: 4 • of - £2 O l OOO *0,1)00 5,C00 6 . • •. J,mo 10 . . &C. &b. Begins APRIL lath, lso9. In Consequence of the above Gifts of I.soo Tickets, them" are only tg,soo far Sale., f,l'ickets awl Shares are alba; at all the Llccuced ()Meas. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • . . charities (which, with the necessary estimates con nealed therewith, were immediately after laid' on the table by Mr. Fuiter), and that Mr. Foster un derstood'him to mean the general add annual Na tional Accounts. • Mr. C. DUN DAS presented a Petition fron)the Orkney and Shetland Isles, complaining that not 4e ing annexed'to any near county, they were not presented in Parliament, and praying to bonneted, HOUSE OF COMMOAS. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15. Mr. Beazely and several other witnesses were ordered to be summoned to attend at the Bar of the Committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Commander in Chief. The Estimates of 'the Debt of the Navy- on the 31st of December were laid on the table by Mr. &c, On the motion of Mr. WAtung, Mr. William _ _ R. Waal). Mr. Alderman COMAE brought up the Reports of the Committees .for the Improvements at Temple Bar and Snow-hill, and for widening the avenues to Blackfriars-bridge.—Leave given to bring in Bills pursuant thereto._ Petitions were presented from the Debtoreconfin ed in the different Gaols, praying relief. ‘. Sir CHARLES POLE reminded the House of the order that had been issued in consequence of a pro position from him, two Sessions ago, that the Re ports of the Committee' of Naval Revision, subse quent to the Third Report, should be laid before them. That order had not been complied with, and he now wished it to be repeated. Atter an observa. tion from the Chancellor or the Exchequer, explain ing the cause of the delay, the motion was agreed to. IRISII MILITIA. On the motion of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, the Order of the Day for the second reading of the tl.d4 consolidation and amendment Bill was read. Sir J. NEWPORT °Laved, that iss many parts of this measure were not understood, he hoped that time would be given to consider it, after it was printed, in order that means might be devised to pre- . vent a waste of public money without effect, similar to what had already taken place. Sir A. WELLESLUY mentioned, that he had stat ed in the House last night his intention of, letting the Bill lie over a month after the blanks were filled up in the Committee,-for the purpese of attending to any necessary alteration or ameudioent. Sir J. Ne%vrOwr expressed himself satisfied, and the Bill being read a second tirne,was committed for to-morrow. . , Sir A. WELLESI.EY brought in a Bill for allowing a proportion ot the Mdiii.l of' Ireland to vulutiteer into the line, which was reat,l , a first time, and unler ed for a . becutid reading to-morrow. . EARLDOM OF LINDSAY. Lord HENNIKER, pursuant to his notice, rose to 'call the attention of tine House to-the case ot Alhe triarie‘BeFtie, in whose room a Writ had been order ed last, night fur the Borough of Stamford. Previous, however; to stating the , few observations lie had to make, he had to wove that. the Acts respecting the is,uieg of Writs should be read by. the Clerk.— (This mutton having ineen c •mplied with), the Noble, Lord adverted to fete Laws, and remarked that as Gosi.rat -11urtiu bhAb4A;ll tcer, ,I he ing of:the to supply his place, had !nature. It was in this, as in the carne where a son sticce'eds his father_ General 13:trtie hod to go bat± I r 4) feArs, to prove the exi,oence of the Earldom.— lie had not been summoned as a Peer at Parlianient, and till that was !dune lie•ought not, en die motien of any Gentleman, to be secluded from his seat in the House ot commons, ,as hod been done cot the 13th of March, 180, when General Egerton succeeded to the Earlcioin of Bridgewater„ and had received a written summuns to attend as a British Peer. To prove that General Bertie was nut in a. similar situation, he had received a letter from him this morning, signed, " A. Bertie," e. tiich would not have been his signa ture had he reached the Peerage. lle rtrust, .sf 41, therefore, remain a Conninoner,and it was impre per to supersede him in the representation 01 the _Borough of Seim ford. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the Speaker do issue his supersedeas to the Clerk, of the Crown, &c. to . supersede} the iPiue of a new Writ. for Stimford, in the rednt of General Alpemarle Beale, stated".; fo.have site ceeded to theEarldoiu of Lindsay. Nlanoex explained the reasons that had ht- . duced 111111.t0 move for the new Writ. The Sir-AKRE stated the accustomed form of pro ceedings, in the case of succession to a Peerage, to be worded thus. The new Writ was moved tor iii the room of 4. 'B. '" summoned by his Majesty's Writ, or called to a Peerage in Parliament." Hoppa fOrther information, as was the case in the present instauce,rt wasdiseuvered that soar' was riot the true M'llowal was ordered to attend on 'the Duke of York's Committee. • . • MAJOR COVELL. IME.WiIITEREAD begged the House would excuse his trespassing on their time for a few minutes, as though he had no motion to submit to their notice, he rose to do an act of justice to a very meritorious Officer, whose feelings had been hurt.by what pass ed in the Committee last night. Major Covell called upon hint thismoming and subMitted to his perusal a letter trom a General Otlicer who ,had served itt Spam" which spoke tone of high eotrneedatiou. of Ins services in the arduous task of superintending the retreat of the Vith*Regiment, in the.retreawen der Sir John Moore, and- declaring him fully com petent to discharge all the duties of that , situation. On expressing to him (Mr, Whitbread). ; how much '. his feelings were hurt by what had passed in the Committee, he had told him, : that no person in the House imagined that any, stigma atteched .to his name ; but, on the contrary, that his a n was ac knowledged by every one.: Teat tolooet Gordon had been compelled, in the course Of his examina tion, to•give evidence not lisparaging to him, though it was highly flattering to Celoeei Shavie: that the House . had afterwards ordered these minutes to be erased from their Journals, as irrelevant to the mat ! ter under their consideration.. Major Covell answer ed, that he was fully sensible of the .Mclination of . the House to du him justice ; but that the impression to leis disadvantage would,goforth to the world duo' the mediton of the Newspapers, and his charaaer would be materially injured, unless he could prevail upon some Member of 4k House to do hint justice by reading the. letter from General Leith to Lord Musgruvc to the Himse, and thereby giving it publi city: Hon. Gentleman here read the letter al luded to, dated 141 h February. • In it General Leith said be thought it but justice to Major Covell to : state, rho owing to theindisposition of Lieutenant ' Colonel Sims, .that.,Oiticer had only beep able__ to command the 7tith Regiment one day, and that du ring all the remainder of the campaign in Spain, Major 'COvell had commanded it; , that without meaning any disparagement .to Colonel Showy; los: considered'MajorCoveil as being as fully adequate to' do the duties of that corumand as any Officer M. the stiVice that Colonel Shaine had been five years a Sttbaltern in this Regiment, when Majut Covell was Captain in it, ~which he had been for thirteen years, and that he' (General L.) did7not think the interests otthe7tith Regi►t ent. had been attended to, when Colonel Shave wits promoted to the Lieutenant-Cu lonelcy, vacant by the retirement of Colonel Simi, in preference to Major :Covell. He concluded by recominending the latter to Lord Musgrove, the urt• turel 'guardian , of. the. Regiment. Mr. Whitbread observed, that thisletter did not stand in need of any comment. . Sir A. WELLESLEY said, that be knew* both the . Officers whose names were mentioned, to be men. of great merit, and. honourable to the service, HO Must, hoWever, state something that seemed to have ; been omitted or forgotten on the part of Major Co vell, namely, 'that, his .cammission as Major was dated in 1807, while Colonel shawe was a Lieut.- Col: in 1604, and therefore there was Ito injustice in preferring the one. to the other in a competition for thisconunission in the 76th Regiment. Besides, he ;knew, having. been in the 7tith Regiment him , .self, that Col. Shag's serviet: had been . performed that Regiment, which he had catered iIS.B S.u.bal . tern, in 1787, and in whiCh he had been regularly promoted to an Adjutancy and a company. He •served :its it in India under Lord Cornwallis, and under hint (Sir A. W..), with distinguished honour, and thus his claims to the L tent. Culonelcy of the ; 76th were well grounded on the' services he had dune in that regiment.' In consequence of these circumstances he had recommended him strongly for that: urpose to the Commander in Chief, as well as from his own,knowledge of his zeal and abilities. I Mr. 'MUTBREAO was proCeeding to explain, .. . • stateot the ease, a Supersed e as was i sue d. There when. the SPhAKER interfered, to teiminate any ir was only one exception to this rule, when the persoti regular discussion. . succeeded to an Irish ur Scotch Peerage,' but n was ot , 'IN ....te 10,50,0001. and the I,ttoo,aool. Exchequer a Peer of Parliament, as happened lately in the Rib's Bills were read a third.tiine, and : passed. Barony of Forrester, where the motion was worded, The Malt Duty Bill will was reacki third time, "as Peer . of the United Kingdom." That such was and passed with an additional clause, to exempt the the mewling of the acts was clear, from iiS•being Receipts given by the. Receiver to the Collector, from required, that if a, new Writ was issued during the payment. of stamp duty. • • recess ,of Parliatifeet, the Speaker was ~directed to S Mr. flusKissurg propot.ed another clause, • for e% . - have the certificate• of two Members, that the per- J em pti eg the pensions given on retiretnent, to our son vacating his twat had been summoned to thu Ministers tt, Foreign Ceuris,, from the pnytueut of Upper House tty'a Wiit under the Great Seal.— . The nietion was agreed to. the Land Tux. This he stated .would be a saving to the public, by with-holding the per : tentage, Mr. O'HARA gave notice, that he would ,on Fri -_ day move 'lot leave to bring in a Bill for regulating which by the present system went into the pocket NI of the Collator of the , tax, which tax, was made up the Office of Constable in Ireland. to the pensioner by the Civil List, under the head of Mr. HUSKIISON presented an Account of the special services, Thiv c)4llse, neweVer, .after . some War Taxes fur 1808.—Ordered to lie on the table. , o b s ervations from Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Bankes„ and The usual annual Petitions from the County of Mr. Bastard; was withdrawn, it not being usual to Louth, &c. in Ireland, praying relief for different a dd any material rider to a Bill en so late a stage. 'charities, was presented. , Liolui. 01 ViAtic., Mr. M. FI'FIGIKALD 'wished • to know why the Mr.' LEACH brought up theileport of the Sae& annual Accounts were not produced. . Mr. FOSTER replied, that the annual Accounts Committee appointed to , inspeOt . the Letters pro dueed by Mr. Nichells last night, and to report on were in a state of greater forwardness than they usu- • ~.,, toirle tome Gummi - pee oi Itiqu i n , i nto t h e co n, ally were, and would be laid before the House in a '', e , c • i i t , . t‘i • q Th e report - clue, , e.. tile °tumult. i w ... lit. , , few days. , Mr. FITZGURALTY thought they ought to have been stateL 4, that died Scleet- (20 ' 1 ' 1116 'e° " 1 inllvatil the roduced before an relief was asked. letters, and placed those WiliCi 4 they considered ne . p Upon explanation y ,it was tbund that Mr. Fitzge- eessars , to iitii present charge, in a baidle taarked " A." -,-At the same tin !t; they bagged,,not,tta be raid alluded to the Accounts conneaed wits thew considered as pledged to the opinion, that these let ters might be made admissible evidence. On this subjeft they reserved their opinion, and suhmitted theitiattei with the letters to the Committee of the whole House. Lord FOLCSTONE moved the order of the day, for the House going into this Committee. After what had passed last night, he felt it necessary to offer:a few observations in order to protea himself from the censure to which he been subjelied. In prosecuting the subject of therie charges, his Hon. Friend (as he was proud to call him), had been more than once, and by more than one person, stigtila. tined by the name of " the Accuser," and ittstead of being allowed'to pursue the line of conduct he. wished, had been forced from t h at line, and obliged to confnrna himself to the mode pointed, out by the professea Friend and adviser of his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorl:. This he believed was.the only instance of such a violation of Found Pried* upon record, where a person 'in the situation cf his Ho- nourable Friepd, was prevented from pursuing a line of conduct not sully consistent. with the rules of every Court Of - lestice, bet consisteta' with the rules •of that House. This was not the only grievance ot which his Honourable Friend had to complain, and he begged it might also be held in the everlasting remembrance of the Huu.e and the Country, that he turd been pressed upon day after day; and allowed'no interval ot relaxation or of preparation for his latter chroges. It was not till within thesefew days 'bet he (Lord 1 4. ..) lied of fered'hitnSelf to assist. in condutting the business, that he had even - been allowed a moment's respite from the - Vest labour which rested upon 'his single HteWished the House ana the Country tie vet- to forget that his Honourable Friend had been prosecuting this inquiry, with the threat of infamy. •• more than once denounced, hangipgover his head. . That threat had never been retreated, nor hid any amends 'ever been made for using it: These where the general observations which struck him on be half' of his Han. Friend, whom be could nat con.. hider in any other light bee as a person who had been harshly:dealt with,, and experiettbed neither fairness nor justice. He you{ I now stale what. he had refused to submit Tait night Some days ago a • person unknown to his Ho:,. Friend had w 'ited upon him, and informed him that there were, papers in the hands of another party, a Solicitor in the bay, which went strongly against the cont!ua of the Commander in Chief. That the-person in whose hands they were was very unwilling to produce them, • but that he thought it 1 ossible to devise some clue by which„they could be got at. Upon this information hil t Honourable Friend, who had, been told they-came into the hands of the Solicitor in consequence of a hnuktuPtcy, went into the city, and first discovering who the bankrupt was, by guy ingot) various Solicitors, soon after teund him in whose' custody the papers were.' Upon being ap. plied to, he acknowledged. 1w had the papers, but express;d great unwillingness to produce them. On being asked the . reasons for thk, he said 'he was afraid his character would be implicated as" an in former, or that his name would be mixed with those of other witnesses who had been called to the Bar of the House of Commons, and bad aaed.in a mar ner not creditable to themselves. He also expressed his apprehensions, lest by delivering them up he should give offence to the Chancellor of the Excite. - quer, to whom he was under some obligetion.--. Upon this, he (Lord F.) told him there could be -no grounds for this apprehension, for that he would consult the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, he was sure, would'express a desire to have every thing conneetedwith this bushiess laid before the public: • Another objeaion was, ,that the surrender of these papers might injure him in his prolessTonal pursui ts ; but the principaljet of all was, that as the question had' been taken up as a party one on the Ministerial side ot the House, he might incur their displeasure and the displeasure of his friends, by bringing out a case hostile to the side they had taken. Ot the force . of this argument he (Lord F.) was thoroughly con. • vinced, not only from the present instance, but from many others, in, which, though Gentlemen might express their disapprobation, he knew it tp have invincible influence, and to prevail tyn many officers to withhold information of' moment, from the fear of offending and incurring the displeasure of those in power. • The person had also very candidly told him, that the papers were not.now In his posseision, as he hod given them to a friend, not to be destroy. ed, but simply that he might be able. to say that he had them not. They were easily to be tecovered, and he at length agreed to wait on the late Solicitor- General with them, state the case, and ask his ride vice, not professionally, but as a triend,' whether hi ought to stew them to him. (Lord F.) or not. He was then to see. Lord F. at a. quarter ,past three o'clock, to inform him of ,his 'determination ; but on 'teaching ,the place of appointment, he found a i note, saying, that he had not been able to see his adviser, who was engaged With the Master of the Rolls -and consequently could not immediately re solve what to do, but would let him know his inten t itmas,soon as possible. He had now stated ail he knew.' of this. matter, for the information of the House, which he, coinciding in opinion withalle Chancellor of the Exchequer; had thought the hest course he could follow. it would be necessary summon the Gentleman he alluded to, for though he could noesay, from his. own knowledge of the 1 case, that it' was connected with the pending oharge, 'yet he could say front the abstract of the:contents made out by the Gentleman who had seen these i ;papers, that they were highly important end 'worthy 'of . the most serious attention.: He- did not .theatr liar that they concerned the. Duke of York e butthey _concerned places under Government it iproPerik dis ' posed of, and he could ,not believe shah . any:di,- position to refuse their. prodoCtion *Quid • arise on that account. This itatemene he trusted had ateaie fled - his condua, and shewit ehow-little